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Saturday, December 8, 2012

The Big Weekend Is Here

Big time weekend of hockey at Harbour Station kicks off
Saturday night. Two of the league’s best and most talented teams – the Quebec
Remparts and the Halifax Mooseheads – are in town to take on the Saint John Sea
Dogs.

The Sea Dogs host the Remparts Saturday at 7pm and the
Mooseheads on Sunday at 4pm.

Here are some things to watch for this weekend:

The Teddy Bear Toss is the greatest tradition in junior
hockey. That takes place Saturday at Harbour Station against the Remparts. The
Sea Dogs annual Teddy Bear Toss is in support of the Empty Stocking Fund. For
the occasion, there will be a limited number of bears available for $5 (inc.
tax) per teddy bear at Sea Dogs Styles.

Patrick Roy.

As for the actual hockey Saturday, Quebec is third
overall in the QMJHL with a record of 21-8-0-1. Anthony Duclair, Mikhail
Grigorenko, Nick Sorenso, and Adam Erne are big time players. Should be fun.

On Sunday, the Mooseheads are in town. They are the best
team in the Q with a 24-3-0-1 record. They are also ranked No. 1 in the BMO CHL
MasterCard Top 10 Rankings.

Sunday’s game starts at 4pm and not the usual 3pm.

Metro Halifax confirmed that world junior camp bound forwards
Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, and Martin Frk will all be in the Mooseheads
lineup on Sunday. MacKinnon and Drouin will join Jonathan Huberdeau at Team Canada
camp in Calgary next week.

And the most noteworthy item: is this the last weekend
we'll see Huberdeau wearing a Sea Dogs jersey? He’ll be in Russia with Team
Canada for the next few weeks. He could be traded when he returns. Or the
children running the NHL and NHLPA could settle their differences. So yeah,
this could be Huberdeau’s farewell weekend. The guy deserves a nice farewell.

The Sea Dogs are also at home on Tuesday against the Cape
Breton Screaming Eagles.